polite

adj

• ① 有礼貌的,客气的,慇懃的
  • a polite man彬彬有礼的人
  • a polite refusal有礼貌的拒绝
  • a polite reply客气的回答
  • say something polite about ...恭维…
  • She was very polite to her teachers.她对老师们很有礼貌。
  • Be politer [more polite] to your elders.对长辈要客气点。
  • It was polite of her to let me enter the elevator first.=She was polite to let me enter the elevator first.她让我先进入电梯真有礼貌。

• ② (文章等)优雅的,洗练的
  • polite letters [literature]优雅的文学;纯文学

• ③ 有教养的,文雅的,上流的(←→vulgar)
  • in polite society在上流社会
  • the polite thing文雅的态度